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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-06

Bran. 81 10. Meal, per sack, 81 25. Georgia
grit per sack, 81 so; grist, per bushel, 6719c
HAY-Market steady, with fair demand;
stock ample, We quote job lots: Western 81;
carload lots, 90c; Eastern none; Northern,
none.
HIDES, Wool, ETC .-Hides-Market firm
and active; receipts light; dry flint, l319c;
sailed, 1ll3c; dry butcher loo. Wool-Market
firm; prime in bales, CSC; bury, l0a20c. Wax,
zoe. Iai}ow. &c. Deer skins, flint, zoe; salted,
l6r. outer skins, 25ca$4.
IRoN-Market firm; Swede, a. a5c; refined,
21lc.
LARD-The market is steady: in terces.
&c; 80 tb tins, TIC.
LIME, CALCINED PLASTER AND CEMENT
Alabama lump lime Is In fair demand and is
selling at 81 SO per barrel; Georgia, 81 30; cal
cned plaster ST So per barrel; halr, SC; Geor-
gia cement, SO; Rosendale cement, 81 so; Port
land cement, So SO.
LIQUoRs-Full stock; steady demand.
Bourbon, 81 5Oa5 so; rye, 81 5Oa6 90; recti6ed,
81 GOAL 80. Ales unchanged and in good de-
mand.
NAILS-Market firm, advancing. Fair de-
mand. We quote: Sd, 81 90; al and sd, SO %;
cd, SO 90; sd, So 70; l0d to sod, 50 50 per Keg.
NUTS-AlmOnds, Tarragona, lSa20c; Ivlcas,
l7a1Sc; wainutS. French, lie; Naples, l6c ,aei
cans, l0c; Brazil, l0c; flberUs, l23;,Co eH~ /,
Baracoa, SO 10 per 100.
OGLS-Market steady; demand good. Sig
nal, 45c; West Virginia black. &c; lard. SO :;
headlight, 15c; kerosene, &C; water white
l5c: neatsfoot, 62a90c; machinery, 25a80c; lin
sged. ra W, 42c; boiled, 45C; mineral seal, l6c:
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Is bales. The following areHS keial
sg spot quotations OF the Cotton Ex-
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&C; white oyUD6urgs. sa9c; checks. 64a7c;
yarns, s5c for best makes; brown drlllings,
6l4a7 &c
FIsH-We quote full weights: Mackerel-
New catch, No. !, 81 50al0 90; No. 3, half bar
rels, S5a6;.No. ?, IS 50a7 90. Herring-No. /.
zoe; scaled. 25c; cod, base.
FLoUR-Market steady: demand moderate.
We quo,e: Superfine, So 80: extra, SO 75a4 90 !;
Nv, 81 s0a5 90; choice patent, s. SOa5 rs;
- 35a4 65.
.emons-Stock full and demand
quote: 81 90. Oranges-Market
-, 81 50a2 SO. Apples, good ship
IA so per barrel; fair, SO 25l
/ Market steady; demand
!: White corn, job lots, CSC;
nc; mixed corn, ob lots, Gle;
5Is. soc. Oats steady, good demand.
Re: Mixed oats. 46c: carload lots, 43c
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is that il will prorate to all points far as
Omaha The ST. Paul has its new Kansas City
line and make the Chicago, Darlington s.
Quincy feel very sore.
An agreement has been reached between the
Chicago terminal roads-twenty- IN nnmber
and the Union Stocky ards Company, whereby
all the yard switching is to be done by the latter
corporation. OstenEiby the move is made on
the pretext of economy. but really to proven.
switchmens strikes against individual compa-
MES. The stockyards company agree TO do the
switching at cost and then charge the several
companies in proportion TO the cars handled.
The arrangement: will go into effect on Dec L.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on Tues
day had ), 900 more loaded cars standing on its
side-tracks than the company had locomotives
to haul About eighty locomotives have
been received this year by the Atchlson, an d
more are arriving all the time. That more wor K
has not been done when the motive power ha Q
been added to In this way, Is because number,
almost equal to those added, of locomotives
have been employed in construction work.
These will be relieved soon and put into regular
traffic service.
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INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS.
Cooler Weather Stimulates Trade Some
what-Pricss in the Main Firm.
INpIANAPOIIs Nov 10

Cooler Weather Stimulates Trade Some
what-Pri"ss in the Main Firm.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 10.
In several departments trade to-day was more
active than for some days past This was at
trbuted. in large measure, to the change in
the weather. A little rain has helped matters
good deal, and the cooler air has given more life
to the produce markets. Prices in the main are
firm; especially will this remark apply to the
dry goods market. In fact some lines of goods
are SO closely sold up thai advance in price
weuld not be surprise. Eastern mills all ara
said to have their product well disposed of, and
are now receiving orders about as fast as thew
can anufacture the goods most in demand at
this season of the year. Grocers are having o
good trade this week. Coffees steady Sugars
firm at the recent advance. In fact, all grocer
les are firm in tone. unless it be coffees. More
activity is noticeable in the flour market, and
millers find trouble to dispose of their pro-
duction readily, tho homo well as export
demand being large; but prices do not improve
to the extent which the milers desire. 1t is es-
timated from the best available data that
the annual consumption of wheat -four in
the United States is about one barrel per
capita. or, say. about 81. $50. 900 barrels in the
year ending June 80, 1887. The -four exports
for tina year ended June 80 1887, were IL ,51S,-
445 barrels from which it is inferred that there
were about 70, 2S8. 900 barrels of flour PRODUCED
in that year by about 5000 mills in the
country The provision market is rather flat.
Something is doing in jobbing way, but pack
ers are not disposed to push business until they
get their stocks we'll in hand. The produce
markets were quite active to-day. Winter ap-
pies begin to sell quite freely, and Irish pota-
toes are selling better than last week but the
supply of both is ample to meet the demand.
Sweet potatoes are less plenty and prices rule
firm. Cabbage is still selling at 81. 80 per bar
-el The home production is meager and the
shipments from other points light Poultry is
selling very low for November and the receipts
are so heavy that stronger market need not be
looked for at present Butter is in good supply
Choice stock sells fairly we'll Eggs firm, re-
ceipts light In the other markets there is little
new to note.
GRAIN.
The local market was hardly as active or firm
to-day on either cereal as on Wednesday. Re-
ceipts of ali cereols are light Track bids to-day
ruled as follows
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tern creamery. 1ss27c. Cheese quiet; Western.


CHICAGO. Nov. 10 The markets on Change
We're even quieter than yesterday. There was
more frmness in provisions than in the other
markets. In the wheat pit trading was light
and the feeling generally quite dull Scarcely
any business was transacted on outside account.
Local traders. too out of the market. In
the cash market there moderate call, but
Chiefly for carrying purposes. Receipts continue
large. with clearances light December opened
&c lower, at 733 a 73Ie, sold to 73s a 734c, and
closed at 1890. Corn was somewhat 6rmer aud
more active today. better local demand ex-
isted shippers being the chief buyers. The firm
ness was due mainly to the demand for cash
corn and the reports that corn was husking
OUT badly in some sections of Illinois. The
market opened at yesterdays closing prices,
being firm. and advanced &c for November and
&c for other futures, ruled steady and closed
with November sc higher, ct 424c, and May a
exhibited no essential change in prices Pro
visions were quite active and decidedly strong
or feeling was developed. Local operators were
more inclined to purchase and the orders from
outside parties were largely on the buying side.
ton. Prices ruled lower all the leading arti-
cles and outside prices fully sustained
The inquiry the part of '.shorts" was fair,
and there also some realizing oy room
traders at the advanced prices Ths receipts of
tinue large of all kinds January pork opened
$l3 ID. the closing figure. January lard opened
at 524c. sold ar 6.52z G6 624c. and closed at
6. 60c January short ribs sold at 6. 40 % g. Coo.
Vh0 1aod i1p frYeY1 fnfIn
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Yesterdays Quotations ON Produce at the
Two Great Commercial Centers.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Flour-Receipts, %
$50 packages; exports, 5,435 brs and 2048
sacks. Moderately active; winter wheats weak
sales. II. goo brIs.
Wheas-Receipts. $50 bu; exports, To- sos
bu, sales. $780,, 600 on futures and 342, 900 bu
spot and to arrive; cash grades firm aud fairly
active, in good part for Shipment Options ruled
weak at the outset, but soon strengthened and
advanced q &c. closing firm at the top: specula-
rion less general No spring Bic; ungraded
spring 70087ct ungraded red. 794S7c; No 2
red, S3a a S4c store and elevator, S54 a S6se de-
hve-ed. 81 0S44c O. b No. 1 red. nominal, S9Ac;
No. l white, SSc nominal No. red. Novem-
her. S3s q IS 13-16c, closing at 834c: December,
Sc lie SAGE, closing at S4sc; January, s. SIG
a S53c closing ut 854c February: S64 q S64c
closing s6sc; April, S8k a 6s4c, closing ssse
Nav, So 9-16 a S9zc, closing at S9sc: June, S9s
09Oc, closing at 90c; November SO 09344c. clos
ing at 93zc.
Corn-Receipts 10, 700 Blu; exports 96. 059
bu: sales. 2,256,0o0 bu futures and 10000 bu
spot; &c higher and fairly active, closing firm.
Ungradei, 50 a 5 SIC: No. 8, SIZE old. 5lac new;
No. 2, 53c store, $50 q 544c delivered; No 2, No
vember. 523 q 534c, closing at 53ac; December,
52s a 534c. closing at 53ac; January. 524 o
81 Bloc, closing at 53ac: February, 524 a 53sc..
closing at 539c: Nav, $50 a 54tc, closing 54sc;
Oats-Receipts. III, 900 bu; exports, 227 blu;
sales, 50. O00 bu futures and $4,000 bn spot
spot a &c higher. but less active mixed West
GEn. o. 09cs 8Hfte 10 Oo u tVc
Hay in fair request
Hops quiet aud firm.
Coffee-soot fair Rio nominal at 1sc. OPP
tions less active and lower sales, rs $50 bags;
November. Is soc; December. Is. % o 10 60c; jan
nary. 10 l0015 35c; February, IA So a 10 25c;
March, IA 600 10. 25c; April 10 90 a Is l0c May
IL So Is 05c; June, II IS a ID O0c: July, II So
IA. 90e; August, AGO IA 75c: September, Il. so
a H. Zoe; October, Il 20 a II 60c; 18ssl-Novem-
Der, IL % Il Soc; December, II 05 a IA Soc. SUI
gar stronger; Porto Rico. 81; Marianham Age;
superior Manila. 4 Bloc; fair refining quoted.
3 l6c; refined quiet: extra C. 5-I605 7-16c.
yellow. - 4ac; eonfectioners' A, 6s q 69c; cut
loaf and crushed. Tie; Molasses quiet. Rice
steady.
Tallow quiet and firm. Rosn s1.1001I5.
Eggs firm and quiet: reeeipts 8, SS9 packages
Western, IL G23c.
Pork strong and more active; sales 1900 bar
rels mess. Cut meats quiet. but firmly held.
Lard 10 all points higher and strong: Western
steam, spot. 6.9597 00c; December, 6.740
6. sic; January, g. 70 a See; February s. $50
{. 92c; March 6.9l 696c; May, 1860 I2c
city steam. roc.
Butter firm and quiet; Western. l4a27; Yves
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Elsewhere.

EfSSWner0s
NEW YORK, Nov. 1O.-Beeves-Recepts 800;
all for slaughserers direct except carloads. No
trading in besves. Dressed beef dull at Ala D51ac
for native sides. Exports were 90 beeves and 81
sheep. To-day's cable from Liverpool quotes Ameri
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, S. 500; common and
ordinary offerings rather dull and easier; good
1915 "a. so per 100 lbs with few picked wethers
up to 81 75 for lambs. S5 to $6.
Hogs-Receipts. 8, AGO. firmer and higher for live
hogs at 81. 1905.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 1o.-The Live Stock Indi-
Gator reports: cattle--Recepts. 2,7o1: shipments.
Good to choice s' eoraed % eom@o" to
medium So % I'D. 10: stockers. $2.oo02. so:
grassrange steers ST. sO02. so.
Hogs-Receipts. 10. $40; shipments, 1877 Market
"a so; common to medium, S4.O004.45; skips
and pigs, So. 90.
Good to choice, $2.7503.40 common to medium,
s1.5o026o
ST. LOUIS. Nov: 1o-Cattle-Receipts. 500;
tive steers 81 80; fair to good native steers,
SIS. 60043o butchers steers, medium to prime,
rangers e common st to good cornfed. Ss.10as.75
Hogs-Receipts. $500; shipments. 600 Market
srs st selections s sieoS475 packing and Yo1kers
medium to choice, 81. 20 04.6o; pigs, common to
sheep-Reeeipts, 500: shipments. 500. Mar
o44O
ports: Csttle-Recepts. 5000: shipments. 4, 900.
Market stronger; extra S. 25; shpping steers,
So 05; stockers and feeders. S1.7003.15; cows.
bulls and mixed, 81 az. 90: Texas cattle. 81 q
1925; Western rangers. So 259S.55.
ket strong and SC higher: mixed ga .350465 heavy,
Sd. 5o04S0 light $4.3o04.55; skips. 49, $50
4.2O.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000; shipments 1000. Mar
kes steady: natives, So. 5o939o; Western. $303.5O;
Texans. S2.5oD3.4o; lambs $3. IS 1920.
EAST LIBERTY. Pa. Nov Observation-Disclosures
1885, shipments 342. Market dull; but very little
doing Yesterdays quotations No cattle shipped
HogsNReeeipss. 1000: shipments. 1900. Market
firm Philadelphia, S4.75 "a. IS: Workers, 81 5O0
AGO. common to fair, S44o045o. Fifteen Of
hogs shipped to New York today.
sheep-Receipts 6OO shipments 800. Market
very duh at yesterdays prices.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 1O.-Beef cattle-Nrarket slow
and unchanged. Best beeves. 81 12la0450 first
quality, IS 25 3 SLY medium. So 621s 90:
binary. So. 0o02.5o. Most of the sales were from
So IS to $500. Receipts 2.270 head sales, L 2O2
head.
The receipts of sheep and lambs 8 AIS head
Quotations. Sheep, So. % IA. 12la; lambs, So O00
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General ana n1iscellaneous.

J. o. Clifford has been appointed freight
auditor of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Company.
Under the timetables which take effect Sun
day next, the running time between Omaha and
Portland, Ore, is reduced twelve hours.
The through overland passenger travel on the
Southern and Central Pacific lines. from July 1
to Sept. 80 was II. 312 eastward and II, 1872
westward.
Track-Iaying is TO begin at once on the Geor-
gia. Carolina & Northern road Carolina di-
vision.1 It is expected that fifty miles of track
will be laid within the next ninety days.
One of the officials of the Baltimore & Ohio
comforts the stockholders by stating that the
financial affairs of the company are progressing
favorably and they will probably be able to re-
sumo paying dividends in a year or two.
The c., B. & @, will. to be in fashion, shorten
the running time of their trains between Chicago
and Denver Sunday. The spring of the year
would seemingly be better time to inaugurase
this fast-train fight TO the Northwestern points
General Superintendent ]. T. Gardner OF the
Buffalo. Rochester & Pittsburg. has resigned.
Mr.. Gardner has been with the road four years,
and says his resignation was rendered necessary
by certain conditions of the roads management.
Sharp competition and cut rates are looked
for when the Missouri Pacific reaches Pueblo.
The Fort Worth road ia pushing rapidly from
Pueblo south. From Pueblo to Trinidad the
g Rio Grande. The Missouri Pacific is now
forty miles from Pueblo and work is pushed at
the rate or Two miles a day.
The prospects of a lengthy and severe rate
war between the Northwestern lines daily be-
comes more imminent. At the recent meeting
of general managers in ST. Paul but little was
accomplished in the settlement Of the questions
at issue. The old roads strike hands together
lington & Northern, the Minnesota & North
western, and the Minnesota az St Louis. Tha
St. Paul, il is believed. will start in at the
Chicago, Burlington s. Quincy, and the report
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Cash quotations were as follows Flour
ruled rather quiet with prices steady. No
spring wheat 72a q 722c; No. 3 spring wheat. 62
064c: No. red. Zoe; No corn. 42Ac; No
oats. 254 0254c; No 2 rye, size; No. barley
76c: No. f1axseed, sL17; prime timothy-seed
s. p; mess pork. per brl. sl3 Q Is %; lard, per
pound. SOC; shortrib sides. Qoosel 45 a g. soc;
dry-salted shoulders tboxed), $685. zoe; short
clear sides (boxedl, G. so q 6.85c: whisky dis
tilIers' finished goods. per gal. 81. 10. Sugars
Cut-loaf. Il Q &c; graduated &c; standard A,
CSC.
On the Produce Exchange to-day, the butter
ISL a 25c for dairy. Eggs firm at 1S1 q 19c.
Recepts-Flour, 81. 900 brls; wheat, 202, 900
bu corn. 359. 900 bu oats, 407. 900 bu; rye, 90
81, 900 brls; wheat. 900 blu; corn, 40l 900 bu;
oats, 206, 900 bu; rye 1000 bu barley. 1885, 600 bu
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Real Estate Tran sfers.

Instruments fled for record in the recorders oics
of Marion county Indiana for the twenty-four hours
ending at P. NJ, Nov. 10. 1897. furnished by
Elliott g. Butler. abstracters of titles Room o. Etna
Building
Margaret II. Wilcox to Martha J. Watson.
lots D. %. "a, % and 20 in Wiicox's
second addition to dianapos- 81, $50. 90
Joseph II. Clark to Motto B. johnson, lot
Is in Fulrner's subdivision of parts of
outlets 40 and % in Indianapolis. 10000
James Goodet to Maria Finley, lot 3 in
Goodet & Thornton's Haughville subdi-
vision. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5000
John Messick to Alsx. NJ Robertson, lot
90 in Dorsev's subdivision of Fletcher's
Oak Hill addition to Indianapolis 5000
Mary E. Hogshire to James NJ Cook, lot
63 in johnson & Hogshire's East Wash
ington- street addition to INDIANAPOLIS 10000
Nicholas McCarty ct al. to Rosina Howe,
lot 32o and part of lot $40 in Nc
Carty's eighth West-side addition In
dianapolis. 5000
Nicholas McCarty ct al. to Rosina Howe
lot 327 and part of 326 in bIcCarty's
eighth Nestrside addition to In6ianap
oils ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
Conveyances, z; consideration. So 10000
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Cotton.

NEW YORK. Nov 1O.-C L. Green & Go. say:
Intense excitement, violent fluctuations and
business characterized the market for cotton
futures to-day At first the tendency down ward,
and loss of SO13 points shown the early
transactions then the turning point came, and the
most remarkable advance shown for many a day set
in, the gain from the lowest to the highest point
amounting IS to 81 points, changes of s to
10 points taking place in many seconds; indeed
simultaneous transactions ranged to points apart
at different localities around the circle, and vast
amount of business transacted of which record
could be obtained All sorts of trading took place in
the way OF covering. buying, selling out and switch
ing, and the complications have become very extern
sive, especially telegraphc communication was
poor, and severely interfered with prompt exchange
of messages. The stimulus only in the appear
of the Agricultural Bureau report which ndicat
ing $500, 600 bales only confirms the New Orleans
report but took most of the trade by surprise and
naturally led to the result named. At the close
had receded from the highest, to IL points, and the
market wound up in a feversh, excited condition,
awaiting the effect upon Europe.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 1O.-Cotton strong; mid
ding 9s4c: low middling 9lac; good ordinary.
Size: net receipts. IL. 263 bales: gross receipts,
Is 6SS bales; exports Great Britain. 3.4S0 bales;
sales. 2, $50 bales; stock, 254 $50 bales.
LIVERPOOL. Nov. 10.-Cotton active and higher;
middling urlands, 5lsd; m;ddling Orleans. 9-16d;
sales. Is 600 bales. including 600 bales for specu
lation and export, and 10. 200 bales American.
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Superior Court.

Room Hon. N. b. Taylor. judge.
Thos. Mckee vs.. VIM. June; damages. On
trial by jury.
Room 2-Hon. ID. W. Howe. judge.
Grover Kse Haueh. Ketcham e. Co. Dis
missed at defendants costs.
Charles E. Kregelo VS.. Oliver a. Castle.
Plaintiff dismisses at his COSTS.
Theodore Pffaffiin, ct al Va. Ira G. Webb ct
al. Motion for new trial sustained.
Mary A. Nealey III. B. Sherman, ct al:
damages. On trial by jury.
Room 3-Hon. Lewis =. Walker. Judge.
Allen Keifer VS. Indianapolis Chair Company;
account Judgment for Sis. so.
David M Gardner, ct al. VS.. William McFar-
land, ct al; account On trial by jury.
NEW SrJITs FILED
Henry Yorder VS.. Henry Lechtenbereer; COM
plant for injunction and damages. Demand,
$500.
John T. Roberts VS.. Emma NJ Noble ct al:
complaint TO enforce mechanics lien. Demand
1925.
George E. Mitchell VS.. Horace r. Allen and
The Royal Manufacturing Company; complaint
account Demand, 81 900.
Company; complaint for damages. Demand.
So 000
Charles Fl. Black VS.. William A. Nash; COM
plant for replevin.
Matilda T. Moore VS.. John E. Kerr; complaint
for damages. Demand, 5000.
August Pommerlng VS.. Nina T. Kurnau ct al;
complaint for damages for unlawful detention OF
property. Demand $3.50
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The Jobbing Trade.

CANNED GOODS.
Peaches-Standard. 3-pound. So. 90 90; 3-pound
seconds. S2.O00225 Observation-Disclosures
2-pound 81 200 rs; raspberries 2-pound, 81 500
1.60; pineapple standard pound, $1.50 0175i Sec
onds pound. 81. 20 1.30 cove oysters, 1-pound,
full weight 95c 81; light. 65 O7Oc; 2pound, full,
SI.700 So light 90c 0Sl; string beans. So 09Oc;
Lima beans. $1-55 al IS; peas marrowfat. S1.100
LAO; small. S1.5OO1.75; Holsters. 81. 50 az; red
cherries, S1.6001.75; strawberries, ST. go;
salmon (fbs), $2.I002.75.
COAL AND COKE.
Block. So so y S1inshall, So. SO ~ ton; Jack
son. ST. 90 ~ ton; Pittsburg. 81. IS ~ RAYMOND
City ST. % y Winifrede. S4.2 p ton; Campbell
Creek. $4.25 ? con; Hooking "a ton; Island City,
Blossburg S. y ton; Duggar Peacockl lump So. IS y
ton; nut, 50. rs " chestnut No. and stove
thracite 81 so p tons egg and CRATE anthracite ST 25
q gas coke lac per bu crushed coke. 15c y bu
All soft COAL size SOC ton less than the above
prices on the same quality of lump COAL
FOREIGN FRUITS.
RAsIss-London layer. 2.20 az. 40 " box; loose
muscatslle. 2crown, 81. IS 600 ~ box: Valencia,
new. 903iac y ID: citron. "a 26c y Is; currants
7G8c p ID. Bananas-Jamaicas. Sl.5O02.Q0: Aspin-
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4 NEW EXPLOSIVE.
DIR. Emmens's Invention, Which OutrivaIs
Any Known Destructive Agent.

DIR. Emmens's Invention, Which OutrivaIs
ANY Known Destructive Agent.
New York Special to the Philadelphia Times.
A dozen more gentlemen interested in ex-
plosives assembled at the home of DR.. Stephen
Emmens, Prospect avenue and One hundred
and-sixty-ffth street. to see some experiments
George de Kappelle and by his son, Newton En-
mems. DIR. EmmenS'S new explosive Is composed
of two cheap and easily obtained materials.
One is an extract from coal and the other min
era1 substance. The mixture may be pounded
in a mortar and neither ingredient separately
shows any trace of explosive nature. Anoth-
er valuable quality which is peculiar to Emmens-
tie, as the mixture is called is that it may be
melted and fused into any shape as a solid
block, or may be granulated in various sizes;
consequently II may be used either q high or
low explosive.
According TO Dr. Emmenss computations it
can exert pressure of 283 tons to the square
pure nitro glycerine, 264 tons. The speed Of
explosion is greater than that of any other prac-
ticable explosive except ful1ninite of mercury.
When used in a compact form its highest posi-
bities of speed are obtained and it is then suit
able as a blasting agent. When manufactured
in the form of powder the rapidity of explosion
is lessened in proportion to the coarseness of
the grains and it may then be employed in fire.
arms.
To-day 32-calibre Smith & Wesson was
fred from a distance of six feet at an iron plate
sixteenth of an inch thick with four grains
of Emmensite. The ball nearly pierced the
plate, while with ten grains of powder the ball
made only an lndentatlon. After several interest
ing experiments the party went into the yard of
DR.. Enmens's house. A leaden hemisphere was
placed on a rock. Upon this placed
explosive, gelatine dynamite and Emmensite.
While the other explosives bent the lead it was
shattered by the Emmensite. An iron plate,
SIX inches square, was then suspended from the
branch of tree; one-ounce dynamite cart
ridge placed the plate simply bent it;
cartridge of explosive gelatine almost broke it,
while the same amount of Emmensite made a
hole through the plate as large as mans fist